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Resource Library

Welcome to our Resource Library for New Parents. This comprehensive collection is designed to support you throughout your parenting journey. Here, you can find local support groups for connecting with fellow parents, access essential health and wellness information, and discover lactation support resources to assist you in navigating breastfeeding. We are committed to providing the guidance and community you need during this important phase of life.

Grow Our Village

A warm, inclusive social enterprise helping new parents gain access to baby essential rentals, wellness services, and supportive community programming. Grow Our Village blends product rentals with education and mental health support to ease the transition into parenthood for all families—regardless of background or income. 

Tree Of Life
Behavioral Health

Tree of Life offers a variety of outpatient services to adults, children, adolescents, families, and couples. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Perinatal Mental Health Counseling, Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapy, EMDR, Art Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Yoga Therapy, and much more is available for a variety of people struggling with a number of issues.

Know Mommy
Mom Circle

Whether you’re navigating pregnancy, adjusting to postpartum life, managing toddlers, supporting school-aged kids, dealing with teens, or your kids have flown the nest, this is the perfect opportunity to connect with other moms, share experiences, and offer support. 

Offered weekly, check calendar for updates.

Alabama Cohosh Collaborative

Their mission is to cultivate a thriving community in which people are met with kindness, generosity, empathy, and skillful care wherever they are in their reproductive health journeys and are pro-choice.

ACC provides free rides using a Lyft for reproductive care related appointments in the Madison County area. 

Boot Camp for New Dads

Workshop exclusively for men expecting their first baby. During the workshop, veteran (new) dads address rookie dad-to-be concerns and questions by sharing how they navigated the first months of parenthood. This licensed workshop is led by a trained coach who is also a dad!

 

Monthly classes are 3 hours and only $25.

Alabama Infant Toddler Specialist Network

The Infant Toddler Specialist Network (ITSN) works to elevate the standards of care in early childhood settings by increasing the knowledge, skill level, and confidence of those who care for infants and toddlers.

Help Me Grow Alabama

Help Me Grow (HMG) connects families to health and developmental resources so children (birth to age eight) can start school healthy and ready to succeed. With this proven model, HMG helps to ensure all children to have the best possible start in life.

Zero to Three

Zero to Three has been a dynamic advocate emphasizing the critical importance of the early learning window in child development since 1977. They continue to translate their expertise in the field of early childhood development into pioneering programs that help shape strategies to support infants, toddlers and families. ​

Momtastic Fitness

Provides affordable workouts for moms and babies that focus on strengthening pelvic floor and core muscles.

Once Upon a
Play Date

A community for women to have monthly book meetings, kid-friendly playdates and local adventures, and the occasional kid-free moms’ night out.​

The Mom Walk Collective

Currently operating in Madison, Athens, and Huntsville, facilitating multiple meet-ups and walks each month for a large community of mothers.

Breastfeeding Support Groups

Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children's team includes IBCLC lactation consultants and trained maternity nurses to assist new mothers. They offer outpatient services, including free consultations, IBCLC appointments for personalized care, and breastfeeding classes for expectant mothers.

La Leche League of Madison County

Offers positive mother-to-mother breastfeeding support and information from experienced leaders. Nursing and expecting mothers welcomed to monthly meetings. 

3rd Friday of every month 

Madison Hospital Lactation Support

Free classes, support groups, and appointments with lactation consultants.

First 5 Alabama

First 5 Alabama provides a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration by advocating for the application of infant and early childhood mental health principles in services for infants, young children, and caregivers.

Need Extra Support?

Dialing 2-1-1 connects you to a trained operator 24/7 who can access a wide range of community services.  2-1-1 aims to assist families all backgrounds, particularly vulnerable populations like the elderly, people with disabilities, and low-income individuals, by helping access essential public services.

Huntsville Resources

Browse a variety of Community Resources in Huntsville, Alabama through the Street Card. From meal sites to job services and shelters, we connect you with the resources you need. Discover assistance in your area and empower yourself with the help available to you. Your path to support starts here!

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